Smoked Bourbon Cranberry Cocktail Cocktail smoker kits have become the new rage!  You may have had your first smoked cocktail at a craft bar and became hooked.  That led to finding an easy-to-use home kit for crafting your own smoked cocktails.  But, what about the cocktail smoker wood chips?  If they don’t come with your kit, how do you know what size chip to purchase? Cocktail Smoker Wood Chips https://smokinlicious.com/product/minuto-wood-chips/ Cocktail smoker wood chips have one distinct difference from general barbeque wood chips.  They are much smaller.  ..read more

The perfect fit of wood chunks in the Camp Chef Smoke Box We frequently take phone calls and emails from people who don’t find their purchased equipment on our Match Your Cooker listing.  As you can imagine, it can be a challenge to know every brand and model available of grilling equipment.  But, our goal is always to find the perfect fit of wood to grill. Recently, Steve W. of Bartlett, IL, passed along information on his newly purchased grill – the Camp Chef Woodwind Pro Dial In the Amount of Smoke Here’s the cool thing about this particular grill.  The smoker box was ..read more

We call 2023 the transition year!  We’ve taken a look at our production and found more ways to bring you great hardwood.  That includes improvements in our handling of our products. We’ve added more hands-free packaging options for our wood chip product.  We’ve improved our cutting process to our wood chunks, blocks and logs.  And, we gave you a simple web design for quicker shopping.  All adding up to bring you great hardwoods in 8 wood types of different products. Great Information Is a Click Away! Best of all, we still offer great advise on cooking with wood.  ..read more

when you smoke flavored food too much and how to correct! https://www.smokinlicious.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/HOW-TO-CORRECT-TOO-MUCH-SMOKE-FLAVOR-FULL-BLOG-AUDIO.mp3 I’m going to start this by stating smoke is a lot like salt.  You can add more of it but if you add too much to smoke flavored food, it’s hard to correct.  All is not lost though.  I’m going to provide a tip that could save a smoke flavored food item that has been over smoked. It’s All in the Ingredients You’ve made the mistake of either using too much wood material to smoke or you smoked for too long.  E ..read more

Our team developing traditional family recipes for the “Passing it on” series   https://www.smokinlicious.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/MAKING-A-CONNECTION-FOR-SOUTH-AFRICAN-BRAAI-BLOG-AUDIO.mp3 If you have been a follower of our blog, you’re likely aware that we often feature a Guest Blogger.  It’s great to get other ideas on outdoor cooking, recipes, and tips on anything to do with cooking and the outdoors.  Many of our blogs offer a sharing of cooking styles and cherished traditional family recipes. Recently, I had the opportunity to become another platform’s guest blogger ..read more

  Our traceability of forest fresh products to your smoke generator listen to our blog   https://www.smokinlicious.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/FROM-FOREST-TO-SMOKE-GENERATOR-FULL-AUDIO-BLOG.mp3 Our view of wood –  it is not simply what produces vapor or being a smoke generator.  It is THE ingredient that provides for colour, aroma, flavour and even texture to food.  Just like the other ingredients used in your operation, you need peace of mind knowing that if questions arise, you can produce the documentation to show where the wood came from and how it was handled ..read more

The Smokinlicious® friction log is not only cut to the correct sizing, we also customize the moisture level for optimal smoke generation. You started your food process by ensuring you were unique in the market.  You tested and retested ingredients and procedures for the perfect smoking program.  Did you think of everything?  What about the wood you use with your friction logs? Friction Logs- How to Create Balance with Moisture and Wood Do you know hardwood needs moisture to smolder and produce smoke aerosol?  Why?  First, friction logs are designed to produce a pre ..read more

  Charwood is a great alternative in the barbecue for low and slow charcoal Click To Tweet   https://www.smokinlicious.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/LOW-AND-SLOW-CHARCOAL-WOOD-AUDIO.mp3 There are many terms around the world to describe wood used for wood-fired cooking.  We take for granted in America the use of the term barbecue.  In fact, even that word has its spelling variations.  BBQ, barbeque, barbecue are just a few that relate to this style of cooking.  Grilling is NOT barbecue!  For many BBQers, low and slow charcoal is the way to go but consider this ..read more

  Forest hardwoods for smoking in all Smokinlicious® products   The Smokinlicious® motto Only use forest hardwood for smoking Click To Tweet https://www.smokinlicious.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/WHY-FOREST-HARDWOODS-FOR-SMOKING-MAKE-A-DIFFERENCE-FULL-BLOG-AUDIO.mp3 Smoking and wood-fired cooking are a passion for many.  You invested in a quality piece of equipment.  Shopped for the best ingredients.  Dedicated time to watching videos and reading articles on smoking.  Sourced hardwood that claims to be for smoking.  But do you know for sure?  So Many T ..read more

In 2015, SmokinLicious® had a great time working with two companies: Deni® and QVC®.   The project involved producing a specialty micro wood chip for the Deni® HandHeld Food Smoker offered exclusively on QVC®. Today, we are looking at the behind-the-scenes steps that brought this concept to life. The Handheld Food Smoker- And So It Begins… The work began with a phone call.  The Team connected with the Deni® brand had started to tool their handheld food smoker.  Now, they needed wood chip product to package with the unit for their upcoming launch on QVC®. The SmokinLicious ..read more